A new discourse of trade, . wherein is recommended several weighty points relating to companies of merchants. The act of navigation. Naturalization of strangers. And our woollen manufactures. The ballance of trade. And the nature of plantations, and their consequences in relation to the kingdom, are seriously discussed. And some proposals for erecting a court of merchants for determining controversies, relating to maritime affairs, and for a law for transferrance of bills of debts, are humbly offered. By Josiah Child.
Sir Josiah Child (1630-1699)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 3082271
Summary
Bibliographic description
[72],37,[1],208,205-234p. . 8vo.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full sprinkled sheep; double blind fillet to form a border; smooth spine; red spine label: 'Child on Trade'.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Makers and roles
Sir Josiah Child (1630-1699) Sir Thomas Culpeper (1578-1662)